HAL
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Hal. 한국어+日本語. Artist/writer/bookworm. Mainly original works and my versions of classic literature. All use/repost of my artwork prohibited.
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![Was never meant for life on the surface / Body and soul adapted to the deep / You can take me out of the abyss but you can’t take the abyss out of me.
[ oc art / AI学習禁止 ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ofj4oetisbpfdz3inzsjzxy6/bafkreih5j7hoxo6r3prfcpw2je7xynes3n3ni5wm4jwgubnu4qijohtx7y@jpeg)
I heard a white family on "Welcome! First Time in Korea?" show describe KR culture more aptly than anyone I ever heard
"Food is such a Big Deal, the way they deal with food here. Sometimes food to us is just the thing that fuels you for whatever's next. But here, food IS the thing, the main event."
"Food is such a Big Deal, the way they deal with food here. Sometimes food to us is just the thing that fuels you for whatever's next. But here, food IS the thing, the main event."
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I heard a white family on "Welcome! First Time in Korea?" show describe KR culture more aptly than anyone I ever heard
"Food is such a Big Deal, the way they deal with food here. Sometimes food to us is just the thing that fuels you for whatever's next. But here, food IS the thing, the main event."
"Food is such a Big Deal, the way they deal with food here. Sometimes food to us is just the thing that fuels you for whatever's next. But here, food IS the thing, the main event."
My recent obsession is “Emperor of Ballads” Sung Si-Kyung inexplicably appearing on this JP tv show, breaking their records with his crazy voice, becoming an instant hit with JP audiences—who are all now saying "I looked up his youtube but why is it all mukbangs??" 😂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoRx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoRx...
성시경(ソンシギョン) | 251130 千鳥の鬼レンチャン 몇연속 성공했을까요?
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December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My recent obsession is “Emperor of Ballads” Sung Si-Kyung inexplicably appearing on this JP tv show, breaking their records with his crazy voice, becoming an instant hit with JP audiences—who are all now saying "I looked up his youtube but why is it all mukbangs??" 😂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoRx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoRx...
Still don’t have the exuberant emotional peaks I used to in years past, but I have in recent months started to feel sustained interest and pleasure in things again.
Or maybe everything I’ve been reading and watching the past few months has just been that uniquely good.
Or maybe everything I’ve been reading and watching the past few months has just been that uniquely good.
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Still don’t have the exuberant emotional peaks I used to in years past, but I have in recent months started to feel sustained interest and pleasure in things again.
Or maybe everything I’ve been reading and watching the past few months has just been that uniquely good.
Or maybe everything I’ve been reading and watching the past few months has just been that uniquely good.
Reason I chose to be back now is the other day I ate the best ever tteokbokki + sweet potato twigim + hotteok (folded pancake filled with cinnamon-sugar syrup) at a big marketplace
Felt the korean soul magic fill my whole being and I said “you know what…I think I’m Healed now.”
Felt the korean soul magic fill my whole being and I said “you know what…I think I’m Healed now.”
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reason I chose to be back now is the other day I ate the best ever tteokbokki + sweet potato twigim + hotteok (folded pancake filled with cinnamon-sugar syrup) at a big marketplace
Felt the korean soul magic fill my whole being and I said “you know what…I think I’m Healed now.”
Felt the korean soul magic fill my whole being and I said “you know what…I think I’m Healed now.”
Life has been pretty consistently good to me. Well-contented and grateful most all the time.
Finally feel detoxed enough to be online for some time again.
Finally feel detoxed enough to be online for some time again.
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Life has been pretty consistently good to me. Well-contented and grateful most all the time.
Finally feel detoxed enough to be online for some time again.
Finally feel detoxed enough to be online for some time again.
Always the people who found it easiest to say they want me to “be happy” have been the ones who have done the most to ensure the opposite result.
June 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Always the people who found it easiest to say they want me to “be happy” have been the ones who have done the most to ensure the opposite result.
My greatest fear is ever being caught being that kind of inept deadweight burden on other people.
My aspiration is to be the kind of effective and helpful person who people can sincerely say they benefit from having around.
That is why I think and learn and pay attention and strive to improve.
My aspiration is to be the kind of effective and helpful person who people can sincerely say they benefit from having around.
That is why I think and learn and pay attention and strive to improve.
June 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My greatest fear is ever being caught being that kind of inept deadweight burden on other people.
My aspiration is to be the kind of effective and helpful person who people can sincerely say they benefit from having around.
That is why I think and learn and pay attention and strive to improve.
My aspiration is to be the kind of effective and helpful person who people can sincerely say they benefit from having around.
That is why I think and learn and pay attention and strive to improve.
What has always marked me exceptional is that I do not need to Personally Want To Do Well at something or have any Self-Serving Goal or Motivation in order to care enough to put in the bare minimum effort to do what I see as Necessary.
May 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What has always marked me exceptional is that I do not need to Personally Want To Do Well at something or have any Self-Serving Goal or Motivation in order to care enough to put in the bare minimum effort to do what I see as Necessary.
Today's special meal was barley rice bibimbap...I love barley rice 🥰
May 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Today's special meal was barley rice bibimbap...I love barley rice 🥰
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Time to post it again.
May 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Time to post it again.
The solution was to start recognizing and rejecting shiny distractions for what they are:
worthless, poisonous, weakening, demoralizing, never delivering any real satisfaction, providing the fleeting illusion and conviction of joy but never improving my life in any real way.
worthless, poisonous, weakening, demoralizing, never delivering any real satisfaction, providing the fleeting illusion and conviction of joy but never improving my life in any real way.
May 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The solution was to start recognizing and rejecting shiny distractions for what they are:
worthless, poisonous, weakening, demoralizing, never delivering any real satisfaction, providing the fleeting illusion and conviction of joy but never improving my life in any real way.
worthless, poisonous, weakening, demoralizing, never delivering any real satisfaction, providing the fleeting illusion and conviction of joy but never improving my life in any real way.
Spending every day working, eating, working out, reading, studying...
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May 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Spending every day working, eating, working out, reading, studying...
🥣🐻📖
🥣🐻📖
Was at fancy KR restaurant that provides unlimited refills on side dishes & special rice in a big bowl to scoop into a smaller serving bowl
by end of meal (many refills later) I had the big bowl on my lap digging up every last grain of rice…made service staff laugh asking if I’d like more rice 😅
by end of meal (many refills later) I had the big bowl on my lap digging up every last grain of rice…made service staff laugh asking if I’d like more rice 😅
May 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Was at fancy KR restaurant that provides unlimited refills on side dishes & special rice in a big bowl to scoop into a smaller serving bowl
by end of meal (many refills later) I had the big bowl on my lap digging up every last grain of rice…made service staff laugh asking if I’d like more rice 😅
by end of meal (many refills later) I had the big bowl on my lap digging up every last grain of rice…made service staff laugh asking if I’d like more rice 😅
Making major overhauls on the Siren’s story…
Kind of a headache because I want to keep most of the established plot framework intact, but need to restructure the World and systems within the story, and entirely change the backgrounds of a couple of major characters—particularly the protagonist.
Kind of a headache because I want to keep most of the established plot framework intact, but need to restructure the World and systems within the story, and entirely change the backgrounds of a couple of major characters—particularly the protagonist.
May 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Making major overhauls on the Siren’s story…
Kind of a headache because I want to keep most of the established plot framework intact, but need to restructure the World and systems within the story, and entirely change the backgrounds of a couple of major characters—particularly the protagonist.
Kind of a headache because I want to keep most of the established plot framework intact, but need to restructure the World and systems within the story, and entirely change the backgrounds of a couple of major characters—particularly the protagonist.
Strawberries & cream croissant sandwich
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May 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Strawberries & cream croissant sandwich
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On my way to practice forgetfulness again 😠💞 menu undecided
Realized the degree to which food has taken over as my dominant interest in life can be explained by I'm doing what She's doing.
May 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
On my way to practice forgetfulness again 😠💞 menu undecided
Generally my reaction on taking a bite of something that would be averagely sweet to a western person
a man in a striped shirt is holding a cup
ALT: a man in a striped shirt is holding a cup
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May 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Generally my reaction on taking a bite of something that would be averagely sweet to a western person
Was sleep deprived and mildly suffering today but getting some (unsweetened) hot chocolate with coconut milk cardamom and pumpkin spice + a chocolate covered chocolate madeleine in me made everything good again ☕️🍫
May 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Was sleep deprived and mildly suffering today but getting some (unsweetened) hot chocolate with coconut milk cardamom and pumpkin spice + a chocolate covered chocolate madeleine in me made everything good again ☕️🍫
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Realized the degree to which food has taken over as my dominant interest in life can be explained by I'm doing what She's doing.
May 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Realized the degree to which food has taken over as my dominant interest in life can be explained by I'm doing what She's doing.
Realized the degree to which food has taken over as my dominant interest in life can be explained by I'm doing what She's doing.
May 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Realized the degree to which food has taken over as my dominant interest in life can be explained by I'm doing what She's doing.
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Between Factory and Worldbuilder.
I have easily hundreds of characters and they all belong to complete narratives (at least 12 different complete-plot narratives that I can recall without effort) within different expansive, fleshed-out worlds, each with their own world logic.
I have easily hundreds of characters and they all belong to complete narratives (at least 12 different complete-plot narratives that I can recall without effort) within different expansive, fleshed-out worlds, each with their own world logic.
May 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Between Factory and Worldbuilder.
I have easily hundreds of characters and they all belong to complete narratives (at least 12 different complete-plot narratives that I can recall without effort) within different expansive, fleshed-out worlds, each with their own world logic.
I have easily hundreds of characters and they all belong to complete narratives (at least 12 different complete-plot narratives that I can recall without effort) within different expansive, fleshed-out worlds, each with their own world logic.
Between Factory and Worldbuilder.
I have easily hundreds of characters and they all belong to complete narratives (at least 12 different complete-plot narratives that I can recall without effort) within different expansive, fleshed-out worlds, each with their own world logic.
I have easily hundreds of characters and they all belong to complete narratives (at least 12 different complete-plot narratives that I can recall without effort) within different expansive, fleshed-out worlds, each with their own world logic.
May 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Between Factory and Worldbuilder.
I have easily hundreds of characters and they all belong to complete narratives (at least 12 different complete-plot narratives that I can recall without effort) within different expansive, fleshed-out worlds, each with their own world logic.
I have easily hundreds of characters and they all belong to complete narratives (at least 12 different complete-plot narratives that I can recall without effort) within different expansive, fleshed-out worlds, each with their own world logic.
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서틴 이메레스🐙 사실 셋 다 아무 생각없을거같늠 ㅋㅋ
May 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
서틴 이메레스🐙 사실 셋 다 아무 생각없을거같늠 ㅋㅋ
More happy and gratified every day with the profound improvements to physique, skin, and general sense of well-being I've been experiencing.
May 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
More happy and gratified every day with the profound improvements to physique, skin, and general sense of well-being I've been experiencing.